ROYAL COMMISSION

Policy & Regulation

The director of now closed Dover Financial Planning, Terry McMaster, has written a series of articles defending his position and questioning the motivations and approach ...

Financial planning

Nearly half of millennials are spending less than six months ago and considering changes to their investment strategy due to ongoing political unrest and the Royal Commis...

Financial planning

Amid Federal Opposition calls to extend the Royal Commission real questions are being asked about key elements of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority reg...

Policy & Regulation

The interim report and the Royal Commission's hearings clearly show that some financial institutions have fallen far short of treating Australians honestly and fairly, ac...

Policy & Regulation

The Royal Commission interim report has highlighted dishonesty and greed as two recurring themes in the financial advice industry....

Policy & Regulation

The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry has slammed the industry regulators for failing to sufficiently punish...

Policy & Regulation

The Royal Commission interim report has shone a light on the poor culture of licensees, particularly when it comes to charging fees for no service. ...

Financial planning

The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry has highlighted a toxic sales culture and a failure to regulate wrongd...

Policy & Regulation

Financial services licensees rather than individual planners are facing the most change likely to result from the preliminary findings of the Royal Commission into Miscon...

Life/Risk

At least four of AMP’s corporate superannuation clients are in the process of reviewing their arrangements in the wake of successive rounds of hearings before the Royal C...

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, has cited fees for no service and the failures of the regulators as being among his Royal Commission take-outs....

Life/Risk

Life/risk insurers have been placed on notice that the Royal Commission may recommend measures to hold them responsible for psychiatric injury inflicted on clients by cla...

Policy & Regulation

Industry Super Australia has reportedly pulled its ‘fox in the henhouse’ advertising just weeks after funding was questioned during the Royal Commission into Misconduct i...

Life/Risk

Industry superannuation fund REST has filed a breach report with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission after admitting to failings during the Royal Commiss...

Life/Risk

The Royal Commission has raised the issue of the enforceability of the life insurance code of practice, with the Financial Services Council facing tough questions on whet...

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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...

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Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...

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ASIC has canceled the AFSL of Sydney-based asset consultant and research firm....

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